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Atlanta Pastor Stabbed To Death By A Man She Was Mentoring

A man from Stone Mountain, a city about 30 minutes from Atlanta, is facing murder charges after police said he fatally stabbed an Atlanta Pastor and abandoned her body in a vehicle several miles from his home.

On Wednesday, Rev. Marita Harrell, a senior pastor at Connections at Metropolitan United Methodist Church, was discovered along a secluded road near an industrial area outside Lithonia, DeKalb County, police spokesman Lt. Shane Smith said Friday.

Investigators believe Harrell was stabbed to death at the home of 27-year-old Christopher Devonta Griggs along Panola Road. 

“He then transported her in a vehicle 1600 block of Coffee Road, where

DeKalb police issued warrants that charged Griggs with murder and arson in the 57-year-old’s death. Griggs was arrested Thursday evening and is being held without bond at the DeKalb jail, according to online records. 

“As you can imagine, this is a very sad day for us,” said Sybil Davidson, spokeswoman for the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church. 

On Friday morning, the conference leader held a call and discussed ways to console congregants and friends devastated by the pastor’s death.  

Tributes have poured in on social media as the news of Harrell’s death was shared online. Former colleagues and friends remembered her as a wonderful person and a “ray of sunshine” who brightened the lives of everyone

“I know the love Rivertown has for her, and the love

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